The change point at which the happiness of most Australians no longer strongly depends on income has almost doubled from A$43,000 to A$74,000.
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In 1992 64% of the top 1% had been there the year before. By 2017 that proportion had grown to 73%.
Over the coming decade a new study will put citizens and communities at the centre of efforts to reimagine prosperity and define what constitutes a good quality of life.
A scholar of nutrition opens up with a personal take on food insecurity in America.
Inequality within developing countries continues to rise.
A fatherhood researcher argues that US work policies, income inequality, gender attitudes and health care all make it harder for dads to be highly engaged at home.
Teaching kids better budgeting won’t fix post-pandemic inequalities. A more robust social safety net, less hoarding and squandering of wealth and more equitable tax policies might.
For those born around 1950, 84% earned more at age 30-34 than their own own parents did at the same age. It has been about 68% for those born since the early 1960s.
The snail’s pace of action in this year’s federal budget on climate is out of step with the urgency of the climate and income inequality crises.
As Canada emerges from the pandemic, creating jobs and achieving full employment are top priorities. Relegated to the back burner are balanced budgets and reducing debt.
Economists estimate the tax on households worth over $50 million could bring in $3 trillion over 10 years, but it will run into constitutional challenges.
You might be surprised to find yourself in the company of Elon Musk and Jeff Bezos in the world’s richest 1%. This has big implications for planetary survival.
The pace of federal government action to date does not align with the urgency of the twin climate and inequality crises. The latest fiscal update doesn’t go far enough on either crisis.
The inner suburbs are home to large numbers of workers in jobs vulnerable to the pandemic. If they’re forced to seek cheaper housing in outer suburbs, the urban divide will widen.
Rebuilding cities post-pandemic will start with neighbourhood hope, and strong social and community planning.
For most of the past five decades, income inequality has been higher in rural counties than in urban areas. Now, urban areas are catching up.
An economist specializing in inequality explains how a basic income guarantee is just what low-wage workers and the economy need.
Economic inequality is growing across the world, but few are talking about the ways to tackle it.
The T-Mobile-Sprint merger is the latest example of weakened enforcement of antitrust laws, which reduces competition and exacerbates already-record levels of inequality.
Nobody else, apart from CEOs, has enjoyed a similar rise in their fortunes since the 1980s.
Top contributors
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Emeritus Professor of Economics and Finance, Monmouth University
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Professor, Crawford School of Public Policy, Australian National University
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Professorial Fellow and Deputy Director (Research), HILDA Survey, Melbourne Institute of Applied Economic and Social Research, The University of Melbourne
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Professor/Economist, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)
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Professor, UTS Business, University of Technology Sydney
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Professorial Fellow, Jumbunna IHL, University of Technology Sydney
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Emeritus Professor, Department of Political Economy, University of Sydney
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Research Professor in Social Policy, UNSW
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Professor of Housing & Social Policy, Centre for Urban Transitions, Swinburne University of Technology
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Professor of Economics and National Senior Teaching Fellow, Griffith University
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Director, Henry Halloran Trust, University of Sydney
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Halford Mackinder Professor of Geography, University of Oxford
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Professor, ESCP Business School
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Professor of Fourth Industrial Revolution & Global Shifts, Arizona State University
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Professor of Organization Studies, University of Technology Sydney
